Street-car fender.



No.'679,586. Patented July 30, I90L G. WRAY. STREET CAR FENDER.

(Application filed May 31, 1901.)

(No Model.)

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UNTTED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

GEORGE WRAY, OF PITTSBURG, PENNSYLVANIA.

STREET-CAR FENDER.

SPECIFICATION formingpart of Letters Patent No. 679,586, dated July 30, 1901.

Application filed May 31,1901. Serial No. 62,524. (No model.)

1'0 all whom it ntay concern:

Be it known that I, GEORGE WRAY, a citizen of the United States of America, residing at Pittsburg, in the county of Allegheny and State of Pennsylvania, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Street-Car Fenders, of which the following is a specification, reference being had therein to the accompanying drawings.

This invention relates to certain new and useful improvements in car-fenders, and has for its object the provision of novel means whereby a car-fender is automatically lowered when an object comes in contact with the forward portion of the fender.

The invention has for its still. further object to construct a car-fender that will be extremely simple in construction, strong, durable, and comparatively inexpensive to manufacture, and, furthermore, one that will be highly efficient in its operation.

The invention still further aims to provide means whereby the fender may be easily suspended.

lVith the above and other objects in View the invention consists in the novel combination and arrangement of parts to be hereinafter more fully described, and specifically pointed out in the claim.

In describing the invention in detail reference is had to the accompanying drawings, forming a part of this specification,and wherein like numerals of reference indicate corresponding parts throughout the several views, in which Figure l is a side elevation of the forward platform of a car having my improved fender attached thereto. Fig. 2 is a top plan view thereof. Fig. 3 is an enlarged perspective view of the forward portion of the fender, showing in detail the attachments carried thereby.

In the drawings the reference-numeral 1 indicates the platform of the car, having an eye 2 attached thereto.

The reference-numeral 3 indicates a reotangular frame carrying on each side a forward extension 4, said forward extensions having formed integral therewith hooked ends 5. These hooked ends are engaged by rings 6 or links formed in the chain 7, attached to the suspension-ropes 8, carrying at their upper securing end an eye 9 or hook engaging the hooks 1.0, secured to the forward portion of the car. Keepers 11 are pivotally secured at 12 to the forward-extending portions 4, the free ends of said keepers having formed therein apertures 14 for the reception of the links 15, to which is secured the rope or strap 16. The keepers are so formed as to engage the under face of the hooked portion 6 and retain the engaging end of the suspendin g-rope in proper position, retaining the fender in an elevated position. A suitable netting, of rope or like material, as indicated by reference-numeral 17, may be arranged over the rectangular frame of the fender.

The operation of my improved fender is as follows: As the object that may be upon the track comes into contact with the rope or strap 16 the keepers will be operated thereby, assuming the position as shown in dotted lines in Fig. 2 of the drawings. Simultaneous with this operation the ring 6 will disengage itself from the hook portion 5 and the suspending-rope will assume the position as shown in dotted lines in Fig. 1 of the drawings. The fender will fall by gravity and assume the position as shown in side elevation in the same figure of the drawings. The object or person struck will then be picked up by the fender, as will be readily apparent. In case a person comes in contact with the forward portion of the fender it will be noted that the fall will be broken by reason of the transversely-extending rope or strap 16 and that it will be impossible to sustain serious injuries resulting from accidents of this kind where my fender is employed.

The many other advantages obtained by the use of my improved fender will be readily apparent from the foregoing description, taken in connection with the accompanying drawings.

It will be noted that various changes may be made in the details of construction of this device without departing from the general spirit of my invention.

Having fully described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

In a car-fender, the combination of forwardly-extending ends, hooked portions arranged on said ends, keepers secured in said hooked portions, means connected to the In testimony whereof I afifix my signature hooked portions and to the car whereby the in the presence of two witnesses. said fender is normally suspended in the raised position, and means connecting said 5 keepers adapted when actuated to release the Witnesses:

suspending means to permit the fender to JOHN NOLAND, drop, substantially as described. E. E. POTTER.

GEORGE WRAY. 

